The St. Johns herald., 1887-05-05
A CONSCIENCE STILL.

So Ge"rge Burton's ad b't of good uck," sa'd Martha Hale. " We herd of 1t up at the foundry. Two hundre and fifty dollars from that old Il his who died last week. Well, it'll elp him 10 pay of his s ores. and get fair start"
 "Scorss, indeeiw said Mrs Hale. wh'. with her daughter Marie, was ! u jed about the supper. Why, the frs thing Mrs Burton did was to z, and buy baby wagon. Prob by h II want one for herself next she a ded witl laugh Think of b r setti.g up wit taby wagon"
 The baoy's sickly. motaer" sai l Maggie, "an too big fer little Nellie to carry n her arms. I've Cften "a Mrs. Burton wishing for wegon fer the baby"
 "They'rs as delighted as if the mon were tw ,nty times as much continued her otEer. " It isn't much t9 be proud of-two hundred an fifty do!lars."
 Well I only wish I had half as much" said Martin with sigh. w. re owing twp months rent ,w, and ,at made down at the furnaces wont go far, to ay nothing of the unpaid gro T's bill. think G orge h 6 70 luc ."
 They had always beel s cd nel hbors,
 
 worked at the same iron mills, and We k. own as eadv honest f. lows nus 1t osto happened that work was ack. ev at standstll, and ,le, iio ose who were tur @ off had to be idle or look ra" job at the furnaces, cone l. irty miles up the ra lroad.
 B Ih Hale and Button had 1 st re- turned from me of th1se expedit ons- the att to claim the "geod uck that al befallen him, d the former 10 rep ne that no such luck Yer came to himself.
 Alb ut week after thIs, Mar Hale, on is way hone from work, owe tnok George Burton, ". had paused cut ie the window of one of those ti' stor wher, almost everything cal be bought.
 He was looking at girls jacket of dark cloth neatly trimmed.
 hi ng of buyig your wife a diamond ring, George?" said Maltin, stopp'T g beside him.
 Not yet Whi e." he rer lied goo'- humored y. "I was looking at that Ii tie affa mod ing towards the jacket" and thinki' g would like to bu it for Ki ", if it isn't too dear. I know she needs something warm for Wint r, and to-mor ow's her birt day
 "Su pose you go in and ask the price?" The two step ed into the Sore. where Burt b ugit he jacket.
 You're spendins your fortune rat.y freely, GaCr- e." remaIk ked Hale.
 Well. yes, in this instance; but sec Kitty's seventeen ton o!row, aad gi Is like to be nicely dresse'. Be ides, Two cared of my little d bts, ard u is fiftv dollars that's left goes into he b .nk to morrow"
 The sas seswoman, anxious 10 go as muc poss ble out of her tuslome", produced some wooden socks, and Bur ton in examining lhem, laid his pocket look on ecounter, where t was sl ee = ity covere by the gods.
 Concluding rot to pu' chase the ocas, he took up the parcel contai ing th' jack t, ard W sh never though O. is money. left th shop.
 Martin Hale ok Burton's pocket book from und"r the goo s, uu en " inc saieswoman, Nho had turned to e. place the things on the shelf.
 "I will give him a title scare" he th uSht "The lesson won't AurV him"
 Wren Burton reached his own d or and passed 10 wish his companion go 'd- night, the la ter raised his haLd to his breas pocket But suddenly taik thought whisp red to him. Burton had no misse the money; Bumon would reyer suspect him. A d while Ee si- tated, his companion had zoe into the hpu and closed the door.
 "Il gi i tN him ton or 'ow- es, certainly tomorrow" taid M Itia 10 himself, ''cnd explain that it W ike. He will seq that Lone of th9 money u ssing."
 But next morning, when Q one, he opened the pocket-book, just to S that inc money was there all S fe.
 He counted it out-exactly fifty dol lars. With that amount h could clear off his score, and pay the owing rent; and it happened that just at this tim Martin Hale was more in need of money than ev he had been in his life. He had mad but little the past Summer. nd Winter was coming with its anifold needs.
 The loss cf his money seemed turn ing-point 10 George Bu, tons "good luck" Next day his hi dr+n ere, takel with the measles, and doctor had to be called in.
 One little do ~estie trouble alter another me upon him, and at last hs 'ceiN ed his dismissal f.om the iron Wo k W ere there were, the (" boss X laimed. more workmen empioyed than were necessary.
 The same fate befell Martin Hale, and as ke walked gloomily homeward he thought of the fifty dollars lying in fhe secret place where he had hidden the pocket-book. Never once az. in had he looked at and rot day had pa sed that he had not shrunk from the bought of it and from the sense of his own gull and yet, " a strangs l. consis- tency. he cou d not bring himstlf opart with th' money.
 A haunting dread of poverty and wan. tempt d him to keep it, and eople who noticed at he was changed, tn tt he he'd become Ee4yous and morose, at-